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Challenge: Desolation (Classic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-D30
Location: Bremer, IA
Date: Aug 10, 2003
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Aug 10, 2003

When I thought of the word desolation the first thing that came to mind was loneliness. So I come up with an idea of someone down and out with no where to go.

Statistics
Place: 42 out of 232
Avg (all users): 5.8128
Avg (commenters): 7.1111
Avg (participants): 5.8381
Avg (non-participants): 5.7895
Views since voting: 1117
Votes: 219
Comments: 20
Favorites: 1 (view)


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08/19/2003 06:28:25 PM
This person looks too posed and clean really. I'd go so far as to say at the height of fashion - which counters your presumed intention of showing someone down on their luck. Nicely taken, well composed shot though.
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08/19/2003 06:10:32 PM
cool pic.
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08/19/2003 12:18:56 AM
whilst it looks a desolate place she looks quite well cared for and I think its just a pose with a model
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08/18/2003 06:33:06 PM
Nice shot, but she has the cleanest hair I've ever seen on a vagrant. Good levels of contrast. (Her gloves look brand new, too). 8 Rob the Swash
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08/18/2003 05:06:06 AM
She looks a little too pretty to be a bum, but who knows? Good expression on her face though one way or the other.
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08/17/2003 09:17:56 PM
Powerfull Image!!-- 9
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08/17/2003 11:12:58 AM
a very dramatic image, great expression. the medium is absolutely perfect..very well composed picture..A PERFECT 10...CONGRATS.
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08/17/2003 02:01:37 AM
Good set up. I'm not sure the person is real though
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08/16/2003 08:33:45 PM
WOW...this picture took my breath away!! One of the best ones I've seen so far!!! (please tell me she's not really homeless!! :( You get a 10 from me.
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08/15/2003 09:55:55 PM
Powerful! Good picture.
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08/15/2003 09:54:50 PM
I really like this photo. The concept and the location are both excellent. There is only one thing about it that bothers me a little. The model looks exactly like a model...she just doesn\'t seem to belong in that setting. She looks too well groomed. All of the homeless people that I\'ve encountered look very rough...mussed and dirty hair, ragged and dirty clothing, etc. Your composition is teriffic and you deserve high marks on this one.
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08/15/2003 01:00:43 PM
The subject's expression, the way she is lit, and the decrepit surroundings combine to make an emotional portrayal of desolation here. The title adds further emphasis.
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08/14/2003 03:23:17 PM
Nice image but a little soft, I think.
Nice composition and textures.
I wonder if it would be stronger with her looking downwards, towards the bottle perhaps - looking out of the window at the light seems slightly optimistic rather than desolate, though one could argue that she\\'s looking at the rest of the world moving on without her. Anyway, that doesn\\'t affect the vote it\\'s just me wondering out loud.
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08/14/2003 01:44:02 PM
Looks too staged...but nice B&W
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08/14/2003 09:05:43 AM
strong statement and the cap and the hairand the sneakers work together well
feels a tiny bit manufactured
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08/14/2003 12:33:32 AM
Oh you can tell she's spent a lot of time on the streets, NOT!
08/13/2003 02:44:10 PM
now thats the prettiest drunk I ever seen ;)

Very good pic a bit more contrast would have been better (I think)
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08/13/2003 11:28:28 AM
Beautiful photo, nice composition and even nice acting! But.. she is acting, isn't she? I mean.. the overall look is cool more than desolated. I had to give it just 5.
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08/13/2003 08:17:24 AM
Poignant shot, the girl's expression is very effective. Could perhaps do with some more sharpness. Shame the highlights are blown out. Great composition. 8
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08/13/2003 02:32:13 AM
meaningful image...
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